<p>What are the top 5 catholic universities in the country?</p>
<p>Unless I missed some, according to USNWR the top five are:
Notre Dame
Georgetown
Boston College
Saint Louis University
Marquette</p>
<p>umm...</p>
<p>well I may be mistaken but by Catholic, do you want to include Jesuit</p>
<p>Georgetown, Boston College, St. Louis University, and Marquette are all Jesuit Schools.</p>
<p>If you want to make a Catholic only list then I think it'd be </p>
<p>actually edit--- they are all jesuit-catholic... so that list would prob be mine</p>
<p>Now let me add a few of my favorites</p>
<p>in order</p>
<ol>
<li>The University of San Diego</li>
<li>Santa Clara University</li>
<li>Creighton</li>
<li>Gonzaga
5</li>
</ol>
<p>Tim,</p>
<p>Last I checked the Jesuits are an order of the Roman Catholic church similar to the Sisters of Mercy, the Brothers of the Sacred Heart. the Congregation of the Holy Cross and many others.</p>
<p>Perhaps the distinction you may be looking for is whether the school's Theology department has agreed to follow Ex Corde Ecclesiae. None of the schools listed by Shellzie or you have agreed to the Mandatum.</p>
<p>It also depends upon what you consider the best in the country, the College of the Holy Cross is listed under Liberal Arts Colleges not national universities. Then again they are a Jesuit school.</p>
<p>For more on the "Catholic University" topic see:</p>
<p>Yes, the Jesuits are part of the Catholic Church.... but in many ways they are different</p>
<p>I have always found the Jesuits to be a bit more liberal.... and so I was just trying to make the clarification between jesuit and non-jesuit.</p>
<p>Tim,</p>
<p>There are many "liberal" branches of the Catholic Church, as there are also "conservative" branches. The only reason we hear so much about the Jesuits is that they are the largest order within the Catholic Church and probably run more than half of the Catholic colleges in the US.</p>
<p>Regardless, here is a partial list of few other Catholic Colleges that are non-Jesuit and their associated orders:</p>
<p>Mercyhurst (PA) - Sisters of Mercy
University of Detroit - Mercy - Jesuit and Sisters of Mercy
Villanova - Augustinian
Providence College - Dominican
Stonehill - Congregation of the Holy Cross (the same as ND)
Catholic University of America - Catholic Bishops of the US
Salve Regina (RI) - Sisters of Mercy
Ave Maria (MI) - no order stated but adheres to Ex Corde Ecclesiae
Benedictine - Benedictine
Anna Maria College (MA) - Catholic, founded by the Sisters of Saint Anne
Saint Mary's College (IN) - Sisters of the Holy Cross</p>
<p>For a more complete list check here:
<a href="http://www.catholiccollegesonline.org/regions.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.catholiccollegesonline.org/regions.html</a></p>
<p>Anyway, I guess my point is that the Jesuit/non-Jesuit distinction as liberal or conservative is a distinction without merit as there are many within the church that are more liberal than the Jesuits and many more conservative too. The split is more accurately characterized by whether they follow Ex Corde Ecclesiae or not. Most US Catholic colleges do not.</p>
<p>Ya,</p>
<p>I go to a Jesuit high school....... and the Jesuit universities are portrayed to us like the only option</p>
<p>University of San Diego is Roman Catholic... no Jesuit affiliation ... so I def think thats one of the better ones</p>
<p>Clarification here...Ave Maria is now outside Naples, Florida. They are building a new campus right now...you can view the progress on their website. It adheres to Ex Corde, and it's founder (Dominos Pizza magnate) wants to build it into a first rate institution with sports that rival Notre Dame. He is putting his money where his mouth is.</p>
<p>I am mixed on Ave Maria, I hope it succeeds, but I don't like what they are doing with moving the law school. It is putting a lot of students and professors in a really hard spot. Also, for undergrad, there already is a comparable school (IMO) in Franciscan.</p>
<p>Lastly, for the sports, sorry but I will believe it when I see it :).</p>
<p>Why no love for Creighton? Yes, it is not considered a "national university" but it is ranked number 1 in the Midwest for master's level universities and I went there for a year, which has to be worth something!</p>
<p>Hey, I mentioned Creighton mike</p>
<p>You'd be surprised on how many kids are going to CU from my school</p>
<p>lol, I will read more carefully next time. That doesn't surprise me, there were a ton of Brophy people there when I was there. We even had two with me in the Freshman Leadership Program!</p>
<p>Irish,</p>
<p>No slight intended by me. I left out Creighton because Tim already mentioned it and it is Jesuit. Since he was looking for non-Jesuit I made a list off the top of my head and added a link for all the Catholic schools in the US.</p>
<p>I was really just trying to address the comment that Jesuit implied liberal where all the other Catholic schools were not . . . but it is not that simple, it is a varying shade of grey.</p>
<p>Don't forget The University of Dallas. It is an excellent Catholic institution.</p>
<p>I suspect it's one of the most underrated colleges in post-secondary education.</p>
<p>Dallas is a heck of a school, especially if you are a conservative Catholic from what I have heard. Two thumbs up, way up. I wish I had known about it when I first applied to undergrad!</p>
<p>What do you guys think of the University of San Francisco?</p>
<p>I personally have no interest in it, but they throw full ride scholarships at our students quite a bit. Do you guys have any opinions?</p>
<p>What about University of Portland--another CHC school.
The Jesuits have the biggest network of schools and I think the quality of education is very high overall, although some get more attention than others.</p>
<p>FYI complete listings of Catholic Colleges and Universities can be found at:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.catholiccollegesonline.org%5B/url%5D">www.catholiccollegesonline.org</a></p>
<p>They have a general guidebook of all their Catholic College members that can be ordered online. Most recent edition is the 2005/2007 edition. I'm sure the next edition will have much higher sticker prices for the private education college costs though.</p>
<p>University of Notre Dame
Georgetown University
Boston College
College of the Holy Cross
Villanova University</p>
<p>What about Franciscan University?</p>
<p>I second Villanova</p>